Industrial, Computing & Engineering Technologies News Articles

Entrepreneur Nick Gilson, of Gilson Boards, talks with high school students about the importance of error in developing a quality product. Richard K.

Gemma Power Systems Welding students at Pennsylvania College of Technology are benefiting from a recent donation made by Gemma Power Systems, a leading engineering, procurement and construction company.

Fun and games in the "Fish Tank" Computer information technology faculty Anita R. Wood, assistant professor, and Daniel W. Yoas, associate professor, share in the good times.

As part of its Oct. 10-12 Centennial Homecoming, Pennsylvania College of Technology will host four reunions, each inviting alumni to share their memories and revel in the weekend’s theme: “Then … Now … Forever Proud.” The first of the weekend’s reunions – for graduates of the welding program – begins at noon on Friday, Oct.

Pennsylvania College of Technology student George W. Settle III visited the Middle East this summer with plans to teach a handful of boys how to weld. After his seven-week visit, he learned far more than he taught. Settle, of Dillsburg, is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in welding and fabrication engineering technology at the college.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty member conducted two presentations at a recent international plastics conference. Kirk M. Cantor, professor of plastics and polymer technology, presented “Materials & Extrusion for Roll-Fed Thermoforming” and “Essentials of Stable Sheet Extrusion” at the Society of Plastics Engineers 23rd Annual Thermoforming Conference in Schaumburg, Illinois. Kirk M.

Lisa R. Bock addresses her audience, before the eerie specter of online treachery. With eyes wide open, the speaker assesses the benefits and risks of iris-recognition technology ... ... and gazes toward tomorrow's biometric solutions. Students in the ACC balcony take heed and jot notes during the night's informative presentation. A Centennial banner is a timely backdrop for the colloquium.

Manufacturing engineering technology student Andrew R. Klimek monitors a project on a piece of wire-cut electric discharge machining equipment. Klimek shares a close bond with his grandparents, Genevieve and Andrew.

Artist and welding lecturer Michael K. Patterson (left) installs a chef creation with the help of Chad L. Karstetter, General Services horticulturist/motorpool lead person (in yellow), and Steve J. Kopera, welding lecturer. The chef sculpture features a bowl of soup and saltine crackers among its appetizing details. Timothy S.

A leading manufacturer of welding robots has acknowledged the excellence of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s welding program. The college recently received a three-year consignment of a CLOOS QRC 350 Robot and supporting equipment from CLOOS Robotic Welding Inc., a subsidiary of Carl Cloos Schweisstechnik GmbH, in Haiger, Germany.